Exhibitions and Projects

Gavin Jantjes: To Be Free! A Retrospective (1970–2023)

For Summer, 2024, Whitechapel Gallery presents this timely retrospective of artist Gavin Jantjes (b. 1948, South Africa, lives and works in the UK) is his largest solo presentation in the UK to date.

Posted in | 03 Apr 2024

2024 Art Icon Auction

Bidding now open for the 2024 Art Icon Auction, with a stellar line-up of works from leading contemporary artists in support of Whitechapel Gallery’s Education and Public Programmes

Posted in | 12 Mar 2024

Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon 2024

Whitechapel Gallery is delighted to announce the eleventh recipient of its prestigious Art Icon Award as the visionary filmmaker and artist, Isaac Julien KBE RA.

Posted in | 31 Jan 2024

Andrew Pierre Hart: Bio-Data Flows and Other Rhythms – A Local Story

Whitechapel Gallery presents a new commission by London-based artist Andrew Pierre Hart.

Posted in | 11 Jan 2024

News

Joy Gregory wins the Freelands Award 2023

Joy Gregory with Whitechapel Gallery has won the Freelands Award 2023. This award enables organisations to present an exhibition by a mid-career female-identifying artist who may not yet have received the acclaim or public recognition that her work deserves.

Posted in | 30 Nov 2023

Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Auction 2023

Leading contemporary artists donate works for charitable Art Icon auction in support of Whitechapel Gallery’s education and community programmes.

Posted in | 10 Jan 2023

Whitechapel Gallery Announced Winner of 2020 NEON Curatorial Award

Whitechapel Gallery is delighted to announce Chloe Carroll as the winner of the 2020 NEON Curatorial Award, the announcement of which has been postponed for two years owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Posted in | 27 Oct 2022

Gilane Tawadros Appointed New Director of Whitechapel Gallery

16 May 2022 – Whitechapel Gallery is delighted to announce that curator and writer, Gilane Tawadros, has been appointed the new Director of Whitechapel Gallery, London. Currently Chief Executive of DACS, a not-for-profit visual artists' rights management organisation, and previously founding Director of the Institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva), Tawadros will take up her post in October 2022.

Posted in | 16 May 2022

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